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Robert
I. Schnipper, M.D.:
Jacksonville’s Innovator in Sight. |
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Pioneer, teacher, advisor, and board-certified LASIK specialist,
Dr. Schnipper has been a leader in ophthalmology in Northeast
Florida for more than 25 years. He founded the Jacksonville
Eye Center in 1972 with a commitment to continually improve
his patients' lives with the safest, most accurate procedures,
and he continues to bring leading-edge technology to this region.
His reputation has spread far beyond Jacksonville, and patients
often come from great distances for his consultation and care,
while surgeons from around the world travel here to learn his
advanced techniques.
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CURRICULUM VITAE
ROBERT I. SCHNIPPER, M.D. |
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| Education |
Tufts University
Medford, Massachusetts
Graduated June 5, 1962 - B.S. Degree
Northwestern University Medical School
Chicago, Illinois
Graduated June 11, 1966 - M.D. Degree
Kings County Hospital Center - Internship
Brooklyn, New York
July 1, 1966 - June 30, 1967
Manhattan Eye, Ear and Throat Hospital
- Residency
New York, New York
Ophthalmology
July 1, 1969 - June 30, 1972 |
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| Service |
U.S. Public Health Service and Coast Guard
Boston, Massachusetts
July 1, 1967 - June 30, 1969 |
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| Certification |
American Board of Ophthalmology, 1974
Fellow of the American Academy of Ophthalmology,
1974
American Board of Eye Surgeons, 1995 - Certified
in both cataract and refractive surgery. |
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| Employment History |
Sole Proprietorship
Robert I. Schnipper, M.D., P.A.
Surgical and Medical Director
DBA Jacksonville Eye Center
Jacksonville, Florida
July 1972 – Present
Riverside Park Surgicenter
Surgical and Medical Director
Jacksonville, Florida
June 1992 - Present |
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| Papers |
Investigative
Ophthalmology Aqueous Humor Dynamic (Basic
Studies in Glaucoma) - December, 1967
Intra-ocular
Lenses the Iris Suture Lens, MEETH Symposium
- 1976
The Anterior Chamber Intra-ocular
Lens and Evolution, MEETH Symposium - May
1978
Evolution of an Inplanter,
MEETH Symposium - May 1978
Conversion to
Extracapsular Surgery, MEETH Symposium
- 1980
Nuclear Prolapse, MEETH
Symposium - September 1983 and
Ophthalmology
Times - December 1983
Nucleus in ECCE, Welch
Cataract Congress - September 1984
Stabilizing
the Nucleus with Viscoat, Ocular surgery
News - 1988 |
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| Papers- Continued |
Viscoat Technique Helps Prevent Posterior
Capsule Rupture During Phacoemulsification,
Phaco and Foldables - May/June 1988
Management of Pterygium
with Surgery and Radiation Therapy, American
Journal of Ophthalmology - August 16, 1989
Rethinking
the “standards” for
phaco yields low-power, low-flow, high-vacuum
settings, Phaco and Foldables - January/February
1990
Phacodynamics Peristalic vs. Diaphragm
Fluidics: Advantages and Disadvantages
of Each, ASCRS/ASOA Symposium on Cataract,
IOL and Refractive Surgery, Boston, Massachusetts
- April 1991
Secondary Implantation of a Posterior
Chamber IOL in Aniridia (a video presentation),
ASCRS/ASOA Symposium on Cataract, IOL and
Refractive Surgery, Boston, Massachusetts
- April 1991
Phacoemulsification with Trabeculectomy
in Patients with Well Controlled Glaucoma,
ASCRS/ASOA Symposium on Cataract, IOL and
Refractive Surgery, San Diego, California
- April 1992
Does Radial Keratotomy on Thick Corneas
and Thin Corneas Follow the System Nomogram?,
ASCRS/ASOA Symposium on Cataract, IOL and
Refractive Surgery, Boston, Massachusetts
- April 1994
The OMS Diplomax for Phacoemulsification,
ASCRS/ASOA Symposium on Cataract, IOL and
Refractive Surgery, Seattle, Washington
- June 1996
Polishing the Posterior Capsule Under
Viscoelastic, ASCRS/ASOA Symposium on Cataract,
IOL and Refractive Surgery, Seattle Washington
- June 1996
Multimode MAXPACK Phaco, ASCRS/ASOA Symposium
on Cataract, IOL and Refractive Surgery,
Boston, Massachusetts - April 1997
Ultrasound Times with the AMO Diplomax
and Cracking, ASCRS/ASOA Symposium on Cataract,
IOL and Refractive Surgery, San Diego,
California - April 1998
Initial Results with the Carriazo-Barraquer
Keratome and Hyperopia, ASCRS/ASOA Symposium
on Cataract, IOL, and Refractive Surgery,
Seattle, Washington - Apri, 1999
Efficient and reliable phaco in tough
cases: Using the Gravlee (Mastel
Surgical) phaco tip with Diplomax and Occlusion
Mode phaco for mature cataracts, ASCRS/ASOA
Symposium on Cataract, IOL and Refractive
Surgery, Seattle, Washington - April 1999
Clinical Experience with Moria’s
Carriazo-Barraquer Microkeratome, ASCRS/ASOA
Symposium on Cataract, IOL, and Refractive
Surgery, Boston, Massachuset - May 2000
The Reintroduction of PRK in a Busy LASIK
Practice, ASCRS/ASOA Symposium on Cataract,
IOL, and Refractive Surgery, San Diego,
California - May 2001
Evaluation of the Amadeus 140 Head Microkeratome,
ASCRS/ASOA Symposium on Cataract, IOL,
and Refractive Surgery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- June 2002
Comparison of Epi-LASEK and PRK With the
Autonomous LADARVision Laser, ASCRS/ASOA
Symposium on Cataract, IOL, and Refractive
Surgery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - June
2002
Surface Ablation after RK - A Three Month
Study, ASCRS/ASOA Symposium on Cataract,
IOL, and Refractive Surgery, San Francisco,
California - May 2003
Surface Ablation after RK - A One Year
Study, ASCRS/ASOA Symposium on Cataract,
IOL, and Refractive Surgery, San Diego,
California - April 2004
Expanding Your Referral Base – OOSS
ASC National Symposium, Chicago, Illinois – October
2005
Challenges and Opportunities: Expanding
the ASC Referral Base – Syndication – OOSS
Day, San Diego, California – March
2006 |
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| Lectures and Courses Taught |
"One-Handed Linear Phaco Using
Viscoat", a Coopervison sponsored
lecture at the American Academy of Ophthalmology
- October 1988
“Slow Motion Phaco”, American
Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery,
Los Angeles, California - March 4-7, 1990
“Incision Techniques”, Physicians
Education Program for IOLAB, New York,
New York - October 6 & 7, 1990 and
Boston, Massachusetts - May 4-5, 1991
“Visco Sandwich - The Chip and Scoop
Technique”, Physicians Education
Program for IOLAB, New York, New York -
October 6 & 7, 1990 and Boston, Massachusetts
- May 4-5, 1991
“The Physics of Phaco”, Physicians
Education Program for IOLAB, New York,
New York - October 6 & 7, 1990 and
Boston, Massachusetts - May 4-5, 1991
“Phacoemulsification”, University
of Florida residents - August 1990
“Phacoemulsification and Trabeculectomy”,
ASCRS/ASOA, San Diego, California - April
13, 1992
“Phacoemulsification and Trabeculectomy”,
Intercounty Ophthalmology Society, Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania - April 27, 1992
“Radial Keratotomy”, California
Society of Ophthalmologists - June 1993
“Do Thick or Thin Corneas Affect
the Results of RK surgery?”, Boston
Association - March 1994
“The Basics of RK and ALK”,
Florida Society of Ophthalmology - September
1995
"Refractive Update", Northeast
Florida Optometric Society Continuing Education
Series - February 1999
"Management of Epithelial Stripping
during LASIK", American College of
Eye Surgeons, Quality Surgery XV, Bal Harbor,
Florida - February 2001 |
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| Laser Courses |
Argon
Laser, Wilmer Institute - 1973
YAG Laser
- Neodymium - YAG Laser Ophthalmic Surgery,
The Ernest A. Katzen Memorial Eye Research
Institute - November 1982 |
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| IOL Courses |
Intra-ocular Lens Implantation Course
- Henry Hirschman, M.D. of Long Beach,
California - 1974
Intra-ocular Lens Implantation Course
- Jerald Tennant, M.D. of Dallas, Texas
- 1978
Small Incision Implant Course - Eye Care
Foundation, Orlando, Florida - December
1986
Gills Technique, Intra-ocular Lens Implantation
- James Gills, M.D. of New Port Richey,
Florida - 1991
Advanced Phaco and Small Incision Update
- American College of Eye surgeons Quality
Surgery X, Orlando, Florida - February
1996 |
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| Corneal- Refractive Courses |
Corneal Surgery, Richard Troutman, M.D.
- 1978
Radial Keratotomy, Leo Bores, M.D. - 1980
Radial Keratotomy, Albert C. Newmann,
M.D. - 1982
NOTE: Instructor at this course
Corneal Refractive Surgery, Blaydes Clinic
- 1984
A System of Precise Carried Refractive
Surgery, Charles Casebeer, M.D. - August
1991
American Society of Cataract and Refractive
Surgery Symposium on Cataract, IOL, and
Refractive Surgery, Orlando, Florida -
1987
Kerato-Refractive Society Annual Symposium,
Dallas, Texas - November 1987
American Society of Cataract and Refractive
Surgery Symposium on Cataract, IOL and
Refractive Surgery, Los Angeles, California
- March 1988
Automated Lamellar Keratoplasty, Washington,
D.C. - August 1993
Fellowship in ALK, Casebeer Institute,
Scottsdale, Arizona - March 1994
Photorefractive Keratectomy, The George
Washington University - December 1995
Refractive Surgery Update, American College
of Eye Surgeons Quality Surgery X, Orlando,
Florida - February 1996
LASIK Course and Wet Lab, University of
South Florida Eye Institute, Tampa, Florida
- March 1996
VISX Excimer Laser Didactic, Columbia
Memorial Medical Center, Jacksonville Florida
- April 1996
C-LASIK Mini-Fellowship, Laservue, Montreal,
Quebec - June 1996
C-LASIK Didactic, Chiron Vision, Ottawa,
Ontario - June 1996
Practical course on the Surgical Reversal
of Presbyopia, Herzig Eye Institute, Toronto,
Canada - August 1998
Nidek Laser Certification and Wet Lab,
Cancun, Mexico - December 1998
Autonomous Excimer Laser Didactic and
Wet Lab, Jacksonville Eye Center, Jacksonville,
Florida - May 2000
Constructing LASIK Nomograms for the Correction
of Spherical, Astigmatic, and Higher-Order
Refractive Errors, American Academy of
Ophthalmology - November 2001
In What Cases is PRK More Advisable Than
LASIK?, American Academy of Ophthalmology
- November 2001
Current Management of Pterygia, American
Academy of Ophthalmology - November 2001 |
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| Other Courses |
The Redi-Med Conference for Florida
Dispensing Practitioners - October, 1987
What’s New in Glaucoma, American
Academy of Ophthalmology, S. Posos, M.D.
- November, 1987
Current Concepts in the Diagnosis and
Management of Retinal Vascular, Macular
and Pigment Epithelial Diseases, American
Academy of Ophthalmology, H. Schatz, M.D.
- November, 1987
Risk Management Seminar, American Institute
of Medical Law, Jacksonville, Florida -
June, 1987
EyeSat Program, St. Louis University School
of Medicine - July, 1987
Florida - December, 1995 Selected Topics
in Uveitis, Mayo Graduate School - October,
1987
Endophthalmitis, Mayo Foundation - July,
1987
Ocular Trauma, Mayo Graduate School -
October 1987
Aids and Florida Law, Albert Einstein
College of Medicine - December, 1993
Medical Management of Refractive Surgery
Patients: Practice Patterns Survey, Education
Design, San Diego, California - March,
1995
Domestic Violence, Memorial Hospital,
Jacksonville, Florida - October, 1995
FPIC/FMA Risk Management Seminar, Jacksonville,
Florida - October, 1995
Florida Worker’s Compensation Physicians’ Certification
Course, American Institute of Medical Law,
Orange Park, Florida 1996 |
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| IOL Surgeries |
Approximately 27,000 |
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| Refractive Surgeries |
Approximately 15,000 (includes RK, ALK,
LASIK, PRK, and LASEK) |
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| Teaching Appointments |
Jacksonville Hospital Education Program,
Jacksonville, Florida
University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida
1973-1979, 1991, 1992 |
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| Medical Societies |
• International
Societies
• International Society of Refractive Surgeons
• National Societies
• American Medical Association
• American Academy of Ophthalmology
• American Intra-ocular Implant Society
• American College of Eye Surgeons
• American Society of Cataract and Refractive
Surgeons
• International Phacoemulsification and Cataract
Methodology Society
• Kerato-Refractive Society
• Outpatient Ophthalmic Surgery Society – Board
Member
State
• Florida Medical Association
• Florida Society of Ophthalmology
Local
• Duval County Medical
Society |
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| Civic Honors |
Past President Prevent Blindness Society,
Northeast Florida Branch |
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| Awards and Recognitions |
Past President Prevent Blindness Society,
Northeast Florida Branch
Physician’s Recognition Award -
Continuing Medical Education American Medical
Association Industry and Medicine Panel
for the Advancement of Cataract Surgery
Technology, Impact “88 - Certificate
presented on March 27, 1988
Featured surgeon in the teaching video
International Advances in Phacoemulsification
- Winter Issue, 1997 (edited by Dr. Robert
Osher).
VISX Star Surgeon Award - Presented March
1999 |
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| Special Interest |
• Corneal
Surgery
• Cataract Surgery
• Intra-ocular Lenses
• Kerato-Refractive Surgery |
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“Why
do I wear glasses? Not everyone is a candidate
for laser vision correction—my prescription, unfortunately
cannot be fully corrected by these procedures. This is
why I thoroughly evaluate everyone who comes to Jacksonville
Eye Center.”
Robert I. Schnipper, M.D.
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